[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR315.602]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 315--CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart F--Career or Career-Conditional Appointment Under Special 
                               Authorities
 
Sec. 315.602  Appointment based on service in the Office of the President or Vice-President or on the White House Staff.

    (a) Agency authority. An agency may appoint noncompetitively a 
person who has served at least 2 years in the immediate Office of the 
President or Vice-President or on the White House Staff, provided that 
the appointment is effected without a break in service of 1 full 
workday.
    (b) Tenure on appointment. (1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section, a person appointed under paragraph (a) of this 
section becomes a career-conditional employee.
    (2) A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a 
career employee when he or she has completed the service requirement for 
career tenure or is excepted from it by Sec. 315.201(c).
    (c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person appointed under 
paragraph (a) of this section acquires a competitive status 
automatically on appointment.

[44 FR 54692, Sept. 21, 1979]